laudable Definition
laud·able (lôd′ə bəl)
adjective
worthy of being lauded
Etymology: L laudabilis
laudable Related Forms
laud′·abil′·ity noun or laud′·able·ness
laud′·ably adverb
laudable Synonyms
laudable Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- aim: These changes are being brought in with the laudable aim of letting the public know more about what is done in their name.
- ambition: Not for them Wolf Tone's laudable ambition to unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen and Irishwomen.
- sentiment: Gentleman's laudable sentiments do not apply to the Bill.
- intention: Despite these laudable intentions the present whereabouts of this document is not known.
- attempt: Laudable attempts are being made to address financial literacy levels among young people.
- objective: I sign up to that; it is a laudable objective.
Modifying Another Word
- entirely: This has the entirely laudable aim of preventing the genocide of any group.
- however: However laudable the aim of replicating the commitment in an intact family, they miss the point.
- highly: To have respected the wishes of the veterans, is, of course, highly laudable.
- very: Her performance in those very laudable aims will be watched very, very closely by " our doctors " .
- perfectly: If you want to tithe your herbs that's perfectly laudable.
- particularly: The assessment tool for the Introduction to Health Psychology and Communication module is particularly laudable and innovative.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near laudable
- ‹ laud
- ‹ Latvian
- ‹ Latvia
- ‹ Latv
- ‹ Lattimore
- ‹ latticinio
- ‹ latticework
- ‹ lattice
- ‹ latterly
- ‹ Latter-day Saint

